household name

noun

1. a person or thing that is very well known

Example Sentences

Her husband, Vince, founded the company and was a household name as televised commercial wrestling exploded in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times

Cohn soon became a household name and was known as the "subcommittee's real brain" according to Time Magazine.

From Salon

Ms Gray, who became a household name after leading the government's internal inquiry into the Partygate scandal, left the civil service to become a senior adviser to Sir Keir last year.

From BBC

YANGJU, South Korea — In the late 1970s, before he became a television star and a household name in South Korea, Im Chae-moo was working as an extra when he had an epiphany.

From Los Angeles Times

That changed in recent years, with the advent of social media and, especially, cable TV and its political chat shows, which turned Schiff into a household name, not just in California but nationally.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• someone
• whoever